Don't forget he did the smartest thing an emperor have ever done and dissolved the Praetorian guards

@ivoalejandro1997

3 жыл бұрын

🦀🦀🦀PRAETORIA DELENDA EST🦀🦀🦀

@nathanpangilinan4397

3 жыл бұрын

CALIGVLA, GALBA, PERTINAX, CARACALLA, ELAGABALVS, GALLIENVS, AVRELIAN, and PROBVS can finally rest in peace.

@yonokhanman654

3 жыл бұрын

But without the Praetorian Guards, who shall as... protect the emperor?

@RasakBlood

3 жыл бұрын

What why? They only killed.. like a few emperors.... and was bribed to select the new one.... just a copple of times..... i dont see the issue.

@nathanpangilinan4397

3 жыл бұрын

@@yonokhanman654, the Palatini, Excubitors, and the Varangians, who were all far more reliable than the "Praetorian Guard".

I love that the old art style was brought back for this series

@EyalBrown

3 жыл бұрын

It's due to David's amazing work!

@loolylooly81

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@connorgolden4

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@pas-giaw6055

3 жыл бұрын

I love that style

@tylerthelen485

3 жыл бұрын

I much prefer it

“The enemy of Rome shall fall on this day.” Ah, sweet, delicious loopholes. Edit: It's been 8 months and no one has figured out that I referenced another Extra History episode

@jonathanchan7896

3 жыл бұрын

If the battle goes either way, the oracle can’t be wrong. Ah, sweet, delicious ambiguous prophecies.

@brianwestberry9117

3 жыл бұрын

Similar to what the Oracle at Delphi told Croesus king of Lydia in around 550 B.C. when he asked should he attack the Persian Empire. The Oracle said "If Croesus goes to war he will destroy a great empire." He never thought the Great Empire that would be destroyed would be his own

@mrroboshadow

3 жыл бұрын

which only strengthens my motto of "never trust an oracle that isnt named Barbara Gordon" yes im a giant nerd

@Mitaka.Kotsuka

3 жыл бұрын

Its so wonderfuly vague

@JLS639

3 жыл бұрын

If religious stories have taught you anything, learn this: if a god sends you a message that could in some way be interpreted as "you die," assume the god is saying you will die

Oracle: "The enemy of Rome shall perish." The guy everyone hates: "That's not cryptic at all. My victory is assured!"

"The ennemy of Rome will perish" Technically, it's a civil war, whoever lose that war was the ennemy of Rome :p

@abthedragon4921

3 жыл бұрын

Such is the way of history

@Mitaka.Kotsuka

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to oracles guide to "not begin put to death by false prophecies"

@jcplays3842

3 жыл бұрын

Caesar- Shhh detail mestail

@hagamapama

2 жыл бұрын

So basically the oracle was just predicting a decisive battle.

Constantine: 'I have received a divine message from God' Soldiers: 'Awesome! Which one?' Constantine: 'Yes'.

You left out the most important part: Constantine proclaimed that the Praetorian guard would be *ABOLISHED*

@Fordo007

3 жыл бұрын

Praetoriae Delenda Est

@wilsonsilva2918

3 жыл бұрын

Dovahhatty negrusjanny est

@JamesJJSMilton

3 жыл бұрын

truly the arbiter of god.

@kickassssnation027

2 жыл бұрын

*Techno hallelujah blares*

@MorbSquad420

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Dovahhatty reference!

Maxentius: I will conquer all of Rome! Constantine: Let me stop you right there...

@theofficialsikris

3 жыл бұрын

*stop you right there at the FIRST bridge outside of Rome.*

@georgy2596

3 жыл бұрын

Stop, these are both owned by the same person, I have seen the same exact comments on other videos, report the comments for commercial content

@Chimailai

3 жыл бұрын

There are bots above me

"As he finished the crossing, Constantine's army appeared in the distance... and Maxentius could not believe what he saw." - Dovahhatty

@xXJ4FARGAMERXx

3 жыл бұрын

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No... It's Emperor Constantine!

@Salty-Doggy

2 жыл бұрын

and so Constantine proclaimed that the praetorian guard will be abolished!!!

@constantinethegreat6713

Жыл бұрын

@@Salty-Doggy Remember this... *PRAETORIAE DELENDA EST*

Me: Sleeps Extra history: So we released th- Me: Est tempus

I'll be honest, I read it as Minivan Bridge and was thoroughly confused

@Babbleplay

3 жыл бұрын

My brain keeps inserting DC's John Constantine in my mental image every time the name Constantine comes up.

@danieljohnston9723

3 жыл бұрын

I read your comment as the title so fair play

"And Constantine will not even allow his enemy's memory to survive. He order Maxentius's name struck off every building he built, including the great basilica above the forum." So he decided to cancel Maxentius.

@kingalfred2014

3 жыл бұрын

The practice was called Damnatio Memoriae, and the Romans tried it more than once. Not always successfully, since we still know who Maxentius is.

@jekesan4221

3 жыл бұрын

Probably something normal in ancient time like an Egyptian pharaoh cancelling Hatshepsut because she was a succesful female pharaoh

Last time I was this early the Roman Empire was conquering Gaul

@secretscipio

3 жыл бұрын

*Republic

@Noffialapoffi

3 жыл бұрын

And it was pretty darn late in the Roman history that Gaul was conquered

@theofficialsikris

3 жыл бұрын

@@secretscipio How'd Zama go?

@GrandTemplarVigilant

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early the Gauls were sacking Rome

@robk1990

3 жыл бұрын

The Empire never conquered Gaul.... but the Republic did

Really didn't expect a video on Roman history today, but I'm loving it!

@santiagoparra242

3 жыл бұрын

when i saw it i was like HELL YEAH

@cirthador1453

3 жыл бұрын

@Soumyadeep Chatterjee Roman history didn't end until 1475.

Last time I was this early, Dan was still narrating.

@loolylooly81

3 жыл бұрын

I miss Dan’s narration 😞

@mohamedrateb9662

3 жыл бұрын

I never found out, what did happen to Dan?

@javaks

3 жыл бұрын

What happened to him?

@alphanum001

3 жыл бұрын

Dan who?

@ms_scribbles

3 жыл бұрын

@@javaks He's doing his own thing. (His channel, without his voice being altered so it's not so high pitched, is "New Frame Plus".) He also apparently spent some time working for Pixar Canada before the company shut it down, so now he seems to be just doing New Frame Plus full time.

I can't begin to describe how much this channel has helped me through tough times, I am autistic and I absoloutely LOVE history your videos on the punic wars is what sparked my interest I am so happy that you guys still make the videos, I truly enjoy every bit of content you put out. Much love Denmark!

@noahhallgaming9534

3 жыл бұрын

that's great and all. but what does you being autistic have to do with anything?

I legit misread the title as “the battle of minivan ridge.” Was very confused lol

@evans.7501

3 жыл бұрын

Assemble the soccer vans lol

@TheHomelessDreamer

3 жыл бұрын

Particularly since we all know the van was actually down by the river

@exeggcutertimur6091

3 жыл бұрын

I mean Constantine DID give a motivating speech!

@miguelmontenegro3520

3 жыл бұрын

Is this van down by the river though?

Sees video on Milvian bridge: hype! Hears we're getting a whole series on Constantine: HYPE!!!

“The enemy of Rome shall fall on this day.” Maxentius: Huh, I wonder who that's for

The gods to Maxentius after he died: "You know, with 'the enemy of Rome' we actually meant you."

@AbsolXGuardian

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah like that one is really fucking obvious. I think there's a Greek myth of a leader being told "a great kingdom will fall after this battle" and then he acts aggressively and his kingdom is the one that falls

@clay9617

3 жыл бұрын

@@AbsolXGuardian It's not a myth, that was during Cyrus The Great's early conquests. Persia was growing, and the King of Lydia wanted to conquer it, so he consulted a oracle who told him that if he attacked the persians, he would destroy a great empire. So he went to war, and lost, and Persia took the entirety of his kingdom over.

@AngryHistorian87

3 жыл бұрын

@@AbsolXGuardian The story of Croesus, king of Lydia. This story is about Croesus vs Cyrus the Great of Persia.

@genghiskhan5701

Жыл бұрын

*God

@drugleman601

5 ай бұрын

@@genghiskhan5701ave christus rex

I have my problems with CA, but I love that they are sponsoring you, as you are by FAR my favorite youtube channel.

@cirthador1453

3 жыл бұрын

EDIT: Many total war games are GREAT, including TW: Rome, but I am not loving some of their newer games.

@rufushale8612

3 жыл бұрын

Whats wrong with them?

@cirthador1453

3 жыл бұрын

@@rufushale8612 I just don't love the focus on heroes and less on military strategy. I am also a big history person and the Warhammer games don't really appeals to me, though I am sure they are wonderful for some people.

@kaltaron1284

3 жыл бұрын

@@cirthador1453 Which one of the historical games had a focus on heroes? I think only Three Kingdoms and Troy. Warhammer isn't historical so it's fine there and I guess you acknowledge that but have a little grudge on the effort that went into those games instead of historical ones. And that's totally fine..

@cirthador1453

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaltaron1284 I am not saying there is anything wrong with the games like troy, warhammer, and three kingdoms, they just aren't my cup of tea.

Ok just today, it was reported that a finger found in the Louvre was reunited with a statue of Constantine hundreds of miles away in Rome, the finger had been mislabelled as a toe.

I am here to publicly acknowledge and thank the OG TRIO Daniel Floyd, James Portnow, and Allison Theus for being the progenitors of Extra Credits and Extra History. It is THEIR work that got Creative Assembly's interest and support.

Diocletian looks different in this style than from the third-century crisis videos

@s.m.2523

3 жыл бұрын

The entire style of the video is made to look like the old artstyle of the very first videos, as a callback, I think.

“Surely this one time this Sybilline prophecy is literal and not ironic” says man about to make terrible mistake.

Plot twist: Who send the divine message for Constantine was Aurelian, in his Force Ghost form.

@marcus4046

3 жыл бұрын

wait where have i seen that before....

@quartztemplar3676

2 жыл бұрын

That's probably what happened. Aurelian and Mithras are separate yet of similar nature

It’s nice seeing the old art back after such a long time! It always felt more professional and fit for Extra History.

When I was originally told this story in catholic school, my teachers said they painted crosses on their shields. But here, you explicitly say the Chi Rho . Now googling the difference between them, as they're kinda the same, but not really, but maybe.

I love to see the old art style and the fact that Creative Assembly is sponsoring one of my favorite youtube channels.

Wow I can't believe I've been watching this channel for 7 years. It seemed like yesterday when I watch the Punic War videos. Oh man

Technically, the Roman oracle would not be wrong with the "Tomorrow, the enemy of Rome would die tomorrow" regardless whomever won. Knowing that history is always written from the point of the victor, it's just a matter of one of the belligerents would have to die to fill that prophesy. If Maxentius won, then the Oracle can claim that Constantine was the enemy. And if he lost and died, anyone looking to get revenge for the prophesy can be shown that Maxentius was the enemy. It's only a problem should Maxentius lost but lived. Pretty sneaky.

You should do a full series on the Chrstianisation of the Roman Empire. It's an interesting topic that is often oversimplified in popular history.

MY cat Cairo was very interested in you saying her name during this episode, or so she thought every time you said CHI RO. You've mentioned the city of Cairo before but only ever once per episode. Hearing it repeated caught her attention. She came to stare at the speakers.

CreativeAssembly is sponsoring Extra History? That went full circle.

Yes! This is one of my favorite historical events, so God bless you for covering it.

Thank You Creative Assembly more than I can express for bringing back the prime Extra Credits. Also, Thank You Extra Credits for still being here with your excellent content and abilities that helps everyone benefit from it.

Elizabeth Marlowe has a fascinating article on Constantine imagery during this period, and that his arch in the forum may actually frame the helios statue, which is linked to the Sun God imagery that was very popular at the time!

Big round of applause to the whole team. So many great videos came from that team up. Looking forward to new content and binging previous series. ❤👏

When I hear the crisis of the 3rd century... I can only shed a tear for my hero Aurelian

@petergray7576

3 жыл бұрын

What about his predecessor and boss Claudius Gothicus? He crushed the Goths (with Aurelian's help) at Naissus, which made Aurelian's job much easier when he succeeded him a few years later.

@ilect1690

20 күн бұрын

​@@petergray7576meh, the empire would have collapsed before either of them got into power if gallienus wasn't able to save the empire from complete collapse after edessa

This was wonderful.... fond memories of TW Rome II and the start of Extra History. Now, I'm off to rewatch The Punic Wars.

I found your channel through Vlogging Through History reaction videos. I cannot believe that I hadn't seen your channel until now. I am so happy to have your entire catalogue to watch for the foreseeable future. Thanks for the great content.

This story always takes me back to Third year late Roman History with Dr Wilkinson at university of Toronto. Not least having to remember the list of emperors from Constantine through to Romulus(long forgotten by me).

This is the single best episode of Extra History uploaded for years

this is better than actual social studies in schools

@kylebarry8208

3 жыл бұрын

Sad but true. Dont get me wrong i love this channel and the old one. But school just never got it interesting for me. I'd rather (and chose to) learn on my own time

Really cool having them sponsor another video! Not a game for me, but thank you CA! And welcome back!

Im in social studies right now but this is more important ehehehe

@thechubbyatheist9913

3 жыл бұрын

Social Distance studies though?

@frozen_owl1493

3 жыл бұрын

You guys have school today unlucky

Divine prophecy. You may interprete them how you want, they still chose the terms.

I love this channel so much that as strange as it sounds, I don't jump in to listen right away because I want to find a time and place where I have no other distractions.

It's funny I recall those episodes, and well it's nice to see things come full circle.

This story was so intense, I sat here staring with my mug of tea so limp in my hand, it spilled everywhere 😂

As a longtime fan of the Extra History series, it's nice to see the story of its origins come full circle.

I loved the battle style this ep. I hope they use it more

Thank you for the episode.

I remember being a big TW fan excited for the Rome 2 release seeing a video shared through the Total War FB page about the Punic Wars. I've never missed an episode since. It's amazing to go back full circle with another email from CA.

There's nothing like that one for the feeling of looking for an old episode to rewatch because you're obsessed, stumbling across this one and going hey I don't think I've seen this one how did I miss it? And then realizing you beat your subscriptions to it and found it before you got the alert LOL

I was listening to this without looking and kept hearing "Max Sánchez" lmao

@jaytraveller

3 жыл бұрын

fistbump!

I have been waiting for this

Constantine: how am I supposed to win Angels: bonjour

Finally a good video from this Channel

Constantine:So anyways,i started praising D E V S. Maxentius: *Crying demonic plebbery noises*

@JamesJJSMilton

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like based dovahatty propaganda

@sabinamartinez7058

3 жыл бұрын

"Don't trust anyone who writes 'devs' with an 'u'"- some coment in a dovahhatty video

@deluca1031

3 жыл бұрын

@@sabinamartinez7058 I changed it now.

This is a very refreshing episode of EH, fittingly very similar to much older episodes, a nice, exciting educational story to serve as an escape from the problems of today's society. I feel like too many EH episodes are supposed to remind us of the ethical problems we have today. There should be a balance between episodes that reflect on today and other episodes designed to relax the viewer with educational stories of the past. This is a step in the right direction...

Wow it’s been that long funny how things come full circle glad to be an extra credits history fan

I was literally playing the remaster when this came out

I'd love to see some more military history/battles of history videos.

I have been waiting for this episode since the Schisms series. And the fact that CA is sponsoring it makes it even better.

@hurgcat

3 жыл бұрын

i just rewatched the schism series last weekend this was such good timing

@therisenchampion2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@hurgcat Me too. I often find myself watching EH series more than once, not just to reaffirm the info in them, but because they often help to contextualize one another, so I will get more out of a given series after seeing another one and rewatching the first one with the new info in mind.

2013? You mean The Before Time, in the Long, Long Ago?

Back where it all began. Wonderful 😊

I didn’t expect a video today, not that I’m complaining that one came today.

Great video!👍

I love these videos tbh 👍🏾🔥

Creative Assembly are awesome :) I'll pick up the remaster on pay day.

I love those videos so much :D

Great content!

Lol references to the first episodes, ah were those good memories, glad i grew up with this channel

Because of how this show started and because of why this episode came to be, they should have asked Dan if he wanted to come back to the show 1 last time for this episode.

Was definitely taught, all the way up to high school, that Constanine saw the cross and such painted them on his army's shields.

@tinycorvid

3 жыл бұрын

I know right, the school system is fucked

@Brogustus

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of scholarly argument about what the sign was, so your school may actually be right!

Love this type of artwork

People surrounding Maxentius: "If he's not hungry, maybe he's thirsty!"

Love this channel

Oooo nice video!

Yes! A video on roman history!

Man, a whole Constantine series would be 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Constantine in this Battle: "DON'T FUCK WITH ME!! I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD *AND* ANIME ON MY SIDE!!

@NicoBabyman1

3 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Is it just me or are the videos about rome the best they are making?

Just beautiful! (both: the game and the series ;-) )

Ah, sweet vintage Extra History 👀👌🏿

I love how east and west are on the wrong sides at 2:10

@bmyers8356

3 жыл бұрын

Philipp Tomic: not if South is top of the screen. Maps can be written many ways. My Grandma had a map of Jerusalem with East atop the map.

Love extra credits, always excited for a new episode!! Still excited for part 4 of Jewish pirates!! I feel as though after watching, just about every extra history video, I am a more educated and understanding person. God bless the extra history team!! Making the world a more educated, and less biased place, one episode at a time!!

So, as a quality of life improvement for this show, I would like it if you included a full bibliography in your video descriptions of the sources you use, it would really help aspiring amateur historians (such as myself) to know where the information you're giving us is coming from

I loved playing all of the Rome total war games

Yeah, I've been waiting for that )

Constantine also abolished the Praetorian Guard, for everyone's information. If you watch Dovahhatty, this is a good thing.

@goughrmp

3 жыл бұрын

Delenda est

Classic Artstyle = Best Artstyle

The way he said "oh no" just made me laugh.

You are my favorite history shorts on KZread

YES! THANK YOU!

Funny coincidence, I rewatch the Punic Wars episodes today just before watching this.

This is my favorite battle in history by far

I’m 12 and I absolutely love! This channel!!!

More honoring the glory of Rome please